His crash aircraft her Indian water With the 260 dead (241 passengers and 19 people on the ground) and questions that remain unanswered about pilots opened the debate on the placement of cameras in the aircraft cockpit to record everything that happens there during the flight.
In accordance with Reuters Air India’s tragedy can change flight data. Placing videotapes in the aircraft pilots is a debate that has been a concern for the airline industry for years.
Supporters say this is another tool that will contribute to security rules, as the cameras will be complementary to the voice and flight login logs in the cockpit already used by accident researchers. However, there are also disagreement who raises the issue of privacy violations.
One of the most powerful voices in the industry, the head of the International Air Transport Association Wille Wells, a former airline pilot, told Singapore Wednesday (16.07.2025) that there is A powerful argument for installing camcorder in the aircraft pilots to monitor pilots.
Aviation experts said a preliminary report from the India Air Force Investigation Office (AAIB) raises questions about whether one of Air India’s Flight 171 pilots cut the flow of fuel to Boeing engines, driving the plane to an irreversible situation. Without anything, the crash of the Air India aircraft led to the death of 241 occupants and 19 other people on the ground.
From now on, “based on the few we know now, it is very likely that a video record, in addition to voice recording, would greatly help the researchers in conducting this research on the subject of mental health,” Wells said.
Who agrees and who disagree
Supporters of Video Camers in the cockpit argue that the Visual material could fill the gaps left by audio and flight recorders. On the other hand, the critics express Intense concerns about privacy and risk of abusewhich they consider more important than – in their opinion – limited benefits to research.
The videotaped material was “invaluable value” for Australian accident researchers to determine what led to the dissolve Robinson R66 helicopter in 2023, killing the pilot, the only person on the aircraft, according to the aircraft. Air India crash.
The video showed that “The pilot was busy with non -flight -related tasks for much of this time, namely the use of a mobile phone and eating food and drink”stated in the report.
ATSB praised Robinson Helicopters to provide factory installed cameras and said it encouraged other manufacturers and owners to consider the continued security benefits from similar devices.
In 2000, the President of the US National Transport Security Council (NTSB), Jim Hall, urged the Civil Aviation Federal Service to demand the equipment of commercial aircraft with image recorders in the cockpit.
Hall’s recommendation came in the wake of Egyptair’s 990 crash in 1999, when the first officer deliberately threw Boeing 767, according to the NTSB, killing all 217 occupants.
Another air safety expert, Anthony Brickhaus, said that as an accident researcher he is in favor of the cockpit video, but also acknowledged the concerns expressed by pilots. A video from Air India Flight 171 “would have answered many questions,” he said.
On the Air India side she refused to comment, and AAIB of India, who is expected to publish a final report within one year of the crash under international rules, did not want to comment on a comment.
Pilot’s objections to place cameras in the pilots
For their part, pilots’ associations in the US, such as Alpa and APA, argue that voice and data recorders already provide plenty of information to determine the causes of a crash, while stressing that the cameras would be a violation of privacy and could be used abusively.
“The death of a pilot transmitted to the news of 6 is not something that the pilot’s family should never see and live,” He added and added that “if confidentiality can be guaranteed everywhere, then there will be a proper argument for the installation of cameras,” said John Cox, an air -security expert, a retired airline pilot and a former executive chairman of the Alpa.